Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Geranium aristatum Small, sp. nov
Perennial, the caudex branched. Stems diffuse, several dm. long, hirsute, the branches with rather long internodes ; leaf-blades reniform-pentagonal in outline, 4-8 cm. wide, hirsute on both sides, pale-green beneath, 3-5-parted, the divisions coarsely toothed or cleft, the terminal teeth lanceolate ; pedicels hirsute; sepals awn-tipped, the outer ones 13-14 mm. long, the bodies ovate-oblong, hirsute; petals white, 14-16 mm. long, nearly rounded at the apex; style-column about 15 mm. long, finely hirsute ; carpel-bodies 5-6 mm. long, hirsute.
Tvpe collected near Santa Fe, Mexico, August 22, 1903,/. .V. Rose & J. H. Painter 6496. Distribution : Middle Mexico.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
